Great weather for Fuel Altered Nationals at ERP

By DENIS CURRIER

EDDYVILLE — The Third Annual World Fuel Altered Nationals had perfect weather for both days of racing at Eddyville Raceway Park.

Friday saw the first round of qualifying for the Altereds although no drivers ran in the 3-second range the stage was set as low 4-second runs were produced.

Saturday, besides the Altereds running a full slate of other sportsman classes was held.

In the Eddyville Stick Shifter class, it was Jerry McMains from Madrid faced off against Bill McCuen from Des Moines.

McMains was lucky to even be in the finals as in the first round as McMains did his burnout a plug on the engine block used to drain water broke and water leaked out onto the track and, as he left the starting line, the rear tire hit the water causing the car to make a hard sharp right turn. McMains was able to get the car under control and avoid hitting anything and staying in his lane. His opponent broke out and since McMains was able to stay in his lane get the win and advance to the next round.

McMains ran closer to his dial-in and made use of a better reaction time to claim the win over McCuen.

Jr. Dragster saw Taylor Grimm from Des Moines going against Chelsea Bacon from Fort Dodge. Grimm had the better light while Bacon had the better reaction time at the finish line just .011 was the difference as Grimm claimed the win.

Bill Gissible from Carlisle faced off against Tim VanAntwerp in the No Box Class. Gissible has a spectacular reaction time a .001 and ran .014 off his dial-in making for a .015 package to claim the win.

Gary Shearer from Eddyville made the finals in the Box Class going against Brent Freeborn from Nevada. Freeborn had the better light but went too fast breaking out giving the win to Shearer.

In the Run-Off between the two classes Gissible once again had a great reaction time a .004 against Shearer .013. Gissible also ran closer to his dial-in and claimed the win and the big payout.

James Knudson from Indianola claimed the win against Matt Allen from Robins in the Nostalgia No. 1 class. Due to printer problems, no other information was provided.

Jeff Starks from Newton faced off against Ryan Baarda in the Nostalgia No. 2 class. Both drivers broke-out with Baarda being closer but a .002 red-light gave the win to Starks.

In the Run-Off of the Nostalgia cars Starks faced off against Knudson. Starks took off first and Knudson couldn’t wait and left the line to soon tripping the red-light by just .032 and Starks claimed the win.

Pure Street/Sportsman Combo saw Matt Trueblood from Agency going against Dean Kanselaar from Oskaloosa. Trueblood ran off his dial-in but Kanselaar had a slower reaction time and broke out giving the win to Trueblood.

In the Fuel Altered classes the fastest eight cars faced off against each other then the next eight was in the B class.

Ted Elrod from Lee Summit, Mo., faced off against John Dunn, from Monticello, Ill., in the Fuel Altered A class. Elrod took the win over Dunn. Elrod also reset the track record lowering it to 3.84.

In the Fuel Altered B class Sean DeWitt from Center Ind., won over Howard Knowles from Carthage, Mo.

Friday will be regular test-n-tune followed by Midnight Madness. Saturday the track will be closed.



Eddyville Raceway Park Drag Results

Saturday’s Results

Jr. Dragster

Winner: Taylor Grimm, Des Moines, 8.26 dial-in, 8.294 elapsed time, 78.62 mph, .054 reaction time. Runner-up: Chelsea Bacon, Fort Dodge, 7.93 dial-in, 7.960 elapsed time, 81.57 mph, .069 reaction time.



No Box Class

Winner: Bill Gissible, Carlisle, 6.37 dial-in, 6.384 elapsed time, 106.06 mph, .001 reaction time. Runner-up: Tim VanAntwerp, City not listed, 6.19 dial-in, 6.214 elapsed time, 111.25 mph, .011 reaction time.



Box Class

Winner: Gary Shearer, Eddyville, 4.80 dial-in, 4.810 elapsed time, 141.00 mph, .026 reaction time. Runner-up: Brent Freeborn, Nevada, 4.88 dial-in, 4.860 elapsed time, 143.00 mph, .013 reaction time.



No Box/Box Class Run-Off

Winner: Bill Gissible, Carlisle, 6.37 dial-in, 6.391 elapsed time, 105.68 mph, .004 reaction time. Runner-up: Gary Shearer, Eddyville, 4.80 dial-in, 4.828 elapsed time, 140.41 mph, .013 reaction time.



Eddyville Stick Shifter

Winner: Jerry McMains, Madrid, 4.71 dial-in, 4.740 elapsed time, 140.41 mph, .051 reaction time. Runner-up: Bill McCuen, Des Moines, 5.25 dial-in, 5.304 elapsed time, 131.66 mph, .095 reaction time.



Pure Street/

Sportsman Combo

Winner: Matt Trueblood, Agency 7.73 dial-in, 7.808 elapsed time, 87.86 mph, .056 reaction time. Runner-up: Dean Kanselaar, Oskaloosa, 8.90 dial-in, 8.890 elapsed time, 72.16 mph, .103 reaction time.



Nostalgia #1 (6.99 dial-in and faster) (Due to printer problems. no other information was provided)

Winner: James Knudson, Indianola. Runner-up: Matt Allen, Robins,



Nostalgia #2 (7.00 dial-in and slower)

Winner: Jeff Stark, Newton, 7.32 dial-in, 7.297 elapsed time, 90.60 mph, .035 reaction time. Runner-up: Ryan Baarda, City not listed, 7.35 dial-in, 7.344 elapsed time, 91.44 mph, -.002 reaction time.



Nostalgia #1/

Nostalgia #2 Run-Off

Winner: Jeff Stark, Newton, 7.28 dial-in, 7.275 elapsed time, 90.69 mph, .082 reaction time. Runner-up: James Knudson, Indianola, 5.76 dial-in, 8.484 elapsed time, 49.03 mph, -.032 reaction time.



Fuel Altered A (Due to printer prblems, no other information

was provided)

Winner: Ted Elrod, Lee Summit, Mo. Runner-up: John Dunn, Monticello, Ill.



Fuel Altered B (Due to printer problems, no other information was provided)

Winner: Sean DeWitt, Royal Center, Ind. Runner-up: Howard Knowles, Carthage, Mo.

                           

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